Singapore legislation
Clause 27
Clause 27
Establishment of oral history centre
The Board may establish an oral history centre whose purposes shall be —
to collect, document and disseminate information on the history of Singapore through oral history methodology or other means;
to interview persons who have influenced or participated in the history of Singapore, to preserve these interviews and to produce transcripts of selected interviews;
to preserve and care for the recordings and transcripts of such interviews;
to allow access to the recordings and transcripts to persons seeking to inspect them in connection with study or research subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed by the interviewee or the Board; and
to disseminate information on the collection and work of the centre by any means, including publications, audio-visual educational packages, exhibitions, consultations, research and heritage promotional activities.